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Mrod .25, synthetic. Arrived Apr. 25. 14 days ownership, 23 squirrels. I count that as success!

No matter what you do, sh..., um, stuff happens. I don't use the plastic label bags on the outside. I use a Sharpie marker, write all the info clear and legible...and then cover the area with clear packing tape. Packing label in the box taped to the item, if possible. My experience with UPS has...

Brown truck dropped a GX-CS3-1 compressor on my porch at 9pm last night. Familiar routine with new hobbies: Creeping expenses...next thing you know, I'll be buying slugs...and something to sling them. Tried out the compressor just a minute ago. Worked perfectly!

Plain synth Mrod...yesterday. Squirrel B Gone!

Da bench gots legs! 32" 3/4 black iron pipe. Top is an old desktop 11/4" thick. Not as solid as concrete, but the legs unscrew, so...portable!

Got my 2nd can of "Dead Center" .25cal pellets yesterday. The Mrod likes them and the squirrels do not!

Cutting up cardboard for backers. Tried out the new rubber mulch bucket (the one in the pic) in the workshop range. This one has a snap-lever locking top ($10 from Home Depot yesterday) so hopefully it won't pop open and mulch the garage floor. The other one's lid just clipped on...and while I...

Ivory Soap has been made in Columbia for years. It's been reformulated to replace the tallow with plant-based fats...and it no longer floats! What a world...whatta world...

One of my favorite quotes, attributed to John Ruskin (1819-1900): “There is hardly anything in the world that someone cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price alone are that person’s lawful prey. It’s unwise to pay too much, but it’s worse to pay...

Typical for any "competitive" hobby. There are people who enjoy the search for perfection and those who like to socialize with those seekers. There are "one gun Charlies" who don't seem to need anything but a slingshot and a pile of rocks to do well and others who need a different rifle for...

I just started again. Before I got the Mrod a few weeks ago, I hadn't pulled a trigger since 2003! o_O I haven't tried slugs...yet. Since I used to specialize in long range (1,000m), I fear a slug-PCP is in my future...

Ordered a tin of .25 "Dead Center" pellets. First tin only lasted three days...lots of paper punching and 9 squirrels. :p

I saw mine the other day. Two Oak sticks with a bolt thru the middle (several holes for adjustment), felt on the inside, spikes on one end. From my days shooting Black Powder Cartridge Silhouette...prone or sitting. I just went out to the Garage-Mahal to take a pic...but couldn't find them...

Made a rubber-mulch pellet trap for the garage. The previous plumbers putty trap wasn't doing a good job with the 23g .25 pellets and several dented the steel pan. The rubber mulch is lighter, the plastic bin is deeper (6"plus). Two magazines into it this evening and no escapes. (y)